Combing machine



Mar. 3. 1925. 1,528,033

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UNITED STATES ROBERT TAYLOR, 0F OIDHAM, ENG'LAIQ'D.v

COMBING MACHINE.

Application led November 17, 1920.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT TAYLOR, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Soho Iron Works, Oldham, in thecounty of Lancaster, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oombing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in those combing machines which have attached a pneumatic. appliance such as the aspirator described in the specification of the patent to Roth #905,233 dated December l, 1908, for removing the waste from the cylinder brushes.

In connection with combing machines having such pneumatic appliances I have ascertained that a fault occurs in the combed web immediately after re-starting the machine after a stoppage for meals or for piecp ing up or for other purpose. This fault arises from the fact that although thev combing parts of the machine start up immediately the driving st-rap is put on the fast pulley in spite of some slippage that may occur between the strap and the pulley yet the fan or aspirator does not attain ane fective speed so quickly with the result that the brush and the combing cylinder are imperfectly stripped and cleaned and some of the waste is imparted to and carried forward by the web.

The object of my invention is to obviate this fault or defect, and I attain this Object Y by attaching a pulley to the loose pulley and driving the fan or aspirator therefrom instead of from the fast pulley, and arrangning the driving strap shall be partly on the loose pulley which continues yto run when the driving strap is on the fast pulley, thus the fan or aspirator continues to run when 'the machine is stopped` and is at full working speed the moment the machine is restarted. Y

IturtherI may or may not provide an adjustable stopte prevent the driving strap being moved ent-irely off the loose pulley, and this stop can be moved out of the way, for anyy purpose, when it is desired to stop the loose pulley. K

I illustrate an embodiment of'my invention in the accompanying sheet of drawings, in whichf Fig. l is an elevation of the driving end rranged in any convenient manner, as

' framing which may the combing machine is run# of a shaft having lSerial No. 424,633.

of a combing machine to which my invention is applied and Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same.

In these views a designates the yframe of the driving end of the combing machine; b Z) pedestals and c a bearing which support the driving shaft d with its loose pulley e and fast pulley f.

For the purposes of my invention I form or combine as one with the loose pulley e, an additional pulley, in this case, a grooved pulley e', and I connect this pulley by a V strap or rope gto a similar pulley h fixed on' the shaft h of the fan or aspirator. The driving strap vl is wide enough to completely cover the fast pulley f and also rto overlap the loose pulley e so 2 is on the fast pulley 7e or the loose pulley e motion is constantly transmitted from the ulley c by the strap or rope g to the pulley 7L', the shaft h and so to the fan or aspirator.'

In this arrangement there is no delay or possibility of the i behind in the re-starting of the combing mechanism as the fan or aspirator is always ruiming whether the driving strap i be on fj 'Y the fast or the loose pulley.

The adjustable stop above mentioned when employed may be of any suitable type aro-r or secured on the example, a part formed hinged to the usual stop rod and a piece the part on the stop rod and so limit' its movement. Y

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is In a combing machine, the combination fast and loose pulleys mounted thereon, a third pulley affixed to said loose pulley and rotated thereby, a'belt for driving said'fast and loose pulleys, said fast pulley being of less width than the belt, a fan vshaft adapted to be driven by .sai third pulley, and means for shifting said belt to start and stop the machine whereby the fan shaft will be operated regardless of whether or not the machine is in operation.

In testimony whereof I have signed name to this specification.

Witness Y HERBERT ROWLAND ABBEY.

that whether the strap Y fan or aspirator lagging Y be put in the path of 

